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JACKSON TOWNSHIP, Ohio– Nearly 24 hours after authorities began searching for a missing 5-year-old in Jackson Township, Ohio, the girl's body was discovered in the same restaurant where she was last seen.

According to a press release from Jackson Township police, it was determined that the child was found “deceased and concealed inside the building,” according to WJW-TV.

Police, with the assistance of the FBI and Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation in cooperation with the Stark County Coroner’s Office continue to investigate her death.

Ashley was last seen at 5 p.m. on Monday. Jackson Township police had said they believed she wandered out the back door.

The Ohio Attorney General’s Office issued a missing child alert for Ashley just before noon Tuesday.

Earlier Tuesday, officers used dogs to search a wooded area behind the restaurant from Portage to Mega Streets. The Jackson Township Fire Department used a drone and a ladder truck to help with the search.